Harris Goes Light on Climate Policy. Green Leaders Are OK With That.
President Biden made climate change a cornerstone of his agenda. Vice President Kamala Harris has yet to detail her own plan.
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President Biden made climate change a cornerstone of his agenda. Vice President Kamala Harris has yet to detail her own plan.
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Global warming is putting the continent’s ice at risk of destruction in many forms. But one especially calamitous scenario might be a less pressing concern, a new study found.
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A chemical reaction involving emissions from cars and buildings can negate their environmental benefits. New research shows what big cities can do about it.
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The environmental group, which is being sued by the pipeline company in North Dakota, threatened to use new European rules to try to limit potential damages.
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How Close Are the Planet’s Climate Tipping Points?
Earth’s warming could trigger sweeping changes in the natural world that would be hard, if not impossible, to reverse.
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How Does Your State Make Electricity?
There’s been a big shift in how America produces power. Each state has its own story.
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We Mapped Heat in 3 U.S. Cities. Some Sidewalks Were Over 130 Degrees.
Air temperature is just one measure of how heat affects cities and people. See how high surface temperatures, which bring additional risks, can get.
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The Vanishing Islands That Failed to Vanish
Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. But research tells a surprising story: Many islands are stable. Some have even grown.
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Have Climate Questions? Get Answers Here.
What’s causing global warming? How can we fix it? This interactive F.A.Q. will tackle your climate questions big and small.
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A group of federal programs is aimed at helping America’s work force adapt to climate change.
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Can Democrats Make the Case to Climate Voters?
In another year of record-breaking temperatures, Democrats are faced with the challenge of making climate change resonate with voters.
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The Other 2024 Races with Big Climate Stakes
Outside of the presidential election, a number of down-ballot races, including Senate and state contests, could have an impact on climate policy.
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Canada’s boreal forests are burning faster than they can regrow, but controlled fires may be one of the best ways to protect local communities.
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Tropical Storm Debby Highlights the Southeast’s Climate Vulnerabilities
The region faces a confluence of factors, including the fastest sea level rise in the country, increasingly humid temperatures and extreme rainfall.
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The decision is a setback for a Biden administration strategy for protecting minority communities with numerous polluting industries nearby.
By Lisa Friedman
Decades of pumping have allowed saltwater to threaten the aquifers that supply many communities, including Long Beach and Great Neck.
By Christopher Flavelle
The Harris campaign isn’t offering details on climate policy but is framing the fight to protect the environment as one of patriotism.
By Lisa Friedman
Some 144 bird species had not been seen in at least a decade, but a project by conservation organizations proposes they all may still be hidden somewhere in the wild.
By Jim Robbins
As heat waves become more frequent and intense, researchers and activists say the lack of precise data is leading to needless fatalities.
By Kate Selig
A former Greenpeace official, he drew on his command of environmental subjects to persuade his bosses at the cable channel to cover climate issues.
By Trip Gabriel
A new study suggests that estimates of the health of the world’s fisheries may be too optimistic.
By Manuela Andreoni
The most effective ones tend to combine several emissions-cutting strategies, not a stand-alone approach, according to an examination of 1,500 policies globally.
By Austyn Gaffney
In a new book, geologist Paul Bierman recounts the moment he found astonishing evidence that Greenland’s ice sheet had melted in the ancient past.
By Emily Anthes
At Wethersfield Estate, in upstate New York, restoring the formal gardens involves dealing with emboldened pests and pathogens — but carefully, so visitors don’t see.
By Margaret Roach
Hoping to leave a place better than you found it? Here’s what to look for when signing up for a program that combines purpose with travel.
By Elaine Glusac
Three of the ads frame Biden-Harris policies in terms of their economic, rather than environmental, benefits.
By Maggie Astor
One of the nation’s largest coal-fueled electric plants is being replaced with thousands of acres of solar panels and a test of long-duration batteries.
By Ivan Penn and Tim Gruber
Groups of Mennonites, seeking inexpensive land far from modern life, are carving out new colonies in the Amazon. They are also raising fears that they are adding to the deforestation of the vital jungle.
By Mitra Taj and Marco Garro
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In Rodanthe, N.C., seven homes have been lost to the ocean in the last four years, as rising sea levels erode shorelines and put more buildings at risk.
By Kate Selig
Like most countries, the U.S. has no comprehensive national system for monitoring disease in companion animals — which leaves pets and people at risk.
By Emily Anthes
It’s a quiet force that contributes to a sameness across the country and to climate change.
By Emily Badger
Indoor cooling has transformed American life, reshaping homes, skylines and where people choose to live. As the planet warms, is that sustainable?
By Michael Barbaro, Emily Badger, Shannon M. Lin, Diana Nguyen, Michael Simon Johnson, Devon Taylor, Marion Lozano, Dan Powell, Rowan Niemisto, Will Reid and Alyssa Moxley
The shift occurred as the cost of wind power and other renewable energy is rapidly declining and coal is being pushed out by natural gas.
By Minho Kim
The island’s frail electrical system struggled as the storm passed on Wednesday.
By Patricia Mazzei
In corners of the internet — and in wooded, undeveloped parts of the country — young men are documenting their efforts to to live off the land.
By Jack Crosbie
After decades raising hogs in Iowa, they wanted a way out of factory farming. Their solution was a return to nature, and a lot of mushrooms.
By Cara Buckley
Children today face many more extreme weather hazards that can undermine global gains in education.
By Somini Sengupta
Old Timer, a male first photographed in 1972, was spotted last month near Alaska, enduring in the Pacific Ocean while some other humpbacks have struggled in a changing environment.
By Emily Anthes
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Ailton Krenak was a child when his family was forced to leave their land in Brazil. Now, as a writer, he advocates for a path forward that looks to nature and inherited wisdom.
By Manuela Andreoni
In the wake of a drought that hampered shipping, the Panama Canal’s overseers are eager to expand water storage. Climate change leaves them no choice.
By Peter S. Goodman and Federico Rios
Extreme rainfall made 10 percent heavier by human-caused climate change triggered landslides that killed hundreds, according to a new study.
By Austyn Gaffney
Economic, climate and technology woes are weighing on young adults, a report finds. It recommends overhauling how we approach mental health care.
By Christina Caron
In a conversation on X, Donald J. Trump and Elon Musk spoke for a bit about climate change. Here’s what they got wrong and what they got right.
By Brad Plumer and Raymond Zhong
The delicate balance of one of the planet’s largest natural systems for storing carbon depends on the humble black spruce tree.
By Manuela Andreoni, Bryan Denton and Veronica Penney
A new study shows how deadly warming can be, and how behavioral and social changes can reduce mortality.
By Austyn Gaffney
We’ve got the dirt on what the devices actually do, and what they don’t.
By Elizabeth Anne Brown
Horses, bulls and birds of all types live among the pink marshes of the Camargue, a rugged landscape shaped by the relentless push and pull of sea and river.
By Alexis Steinman
To supply water for a number of needs, from tourism to agriculture, the country and other dry nations are increasingly relying on desalination plants that convert seawater into fresh water.
By Stanley Reed and Rachel Chaundler
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In some fast-growing Sun Belt cites, “the overnight lows kind of sneak up on you.”
By Ronda Kaysen and Aatish Bhatia
An Australian start-up is hoping fungi can pull carbon dioxide from the air and stash it underground. It’s one of several ventures trying to deploy the superpowers of soil to slow global warming.
By Somini Sengupta and Matthew Abbott
Tropical Storm Debby brought intense rainfall and flooding threats to North Carolina this week, highlighting the vulnerability of hog lagoons and wastewater treatment plants.
By Austyn Gaffney
The agency’s new forecast predicts that as many as 24 named tropical storms could form between June 1 and Nov. 30.
By Austyn Gaffney
Households claimed more than $8 billion in climate-friendly tax credits last year, according to new data. Here’s who benefited and where.
By Nadja Popovich
Last month was slightly less hot than the record-breaking July 2023, but the year is still likely to be the hottest ever, according to European climate scientists.
By Austyn Gaffney
The rapidly spreading fire has consumed over 427,000 acres since it started burning in late July.
By Kate Selig and Soumya Karlamangla
Many struggled to find housing and work after the wildfire destroyed the seaside town on Maui last year. But they have faced new hardships.
By Tim Arango, Ana Facio-Krajcer and Jill Cowan
Natural gas has traded at negative prices for weeks at a time in West Texas, where pipelines often lack the capacity to get the fuel to places that need it.
By Rebecca F. Elliott
The suspension of congestion pricing has put off critically needed repairs to New York City’s transit network. Experts say the system hangs by a thread.
By Ana Ley
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The heating of the planet is increasing the amount of moisture in the atmosphere. That helps to load hurricanes and other storms with more water.
By Raymond Zhong
A new study found that temperatures in the Coral Sea have reached their highest levels in at least four centuries.
By Catrin Einhorn
Minnesota’s governor, Vice President Harris’s new running mate, has put forth one of the most ambitious climate agendas in the country.
By Manuela Andreoni
Tropical Storm Debby was only briefly a Category 1 hurricane. But a rating can never fully capture how destructive a storm can be.
By Raymond Zhong
The herbicide, used widely on crops including broccoli and onions, can cause low birth weight and impaired brain development, regulators said.
By Hiroko Tabuchi
Kamala Harris’s V.P. pick, known for his folksy persona and rural Midwestern roots, has elevated the issue of climate change in his state.
By Coral Davenport
There are palms, of course. But the city has one of the most diverse urban forests in the world and each neighborhood has its own characteristic plantings. Just follow the greenery.
By Danielle Pergament
On National Oyster Day, the River Project celebrates a colossal oyster in New York Harbor.
By James Barron
Nearly 90 large fires are raging across the United States, intensifying this year’s fire season. The forecast shows no sign of letting up.
By Claire Moses
A usually solidly Democratic vote, Native American voters across the state say they feel increasingly left out of the conversation and are looking for change.
By Jack Healy, Mark Boyer, Kassie Bracken, Noah Throop and Desiree Rios
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The international agency charged with regulating seabed mining elected a U.N. environmental regulator to replace a leader accused of too-close industry ties.
By Eric Lipton
The oil company, which already has extensive operations in Texas, has been at odds with California’s elected leaders over the state’s climate and energy policies.
By Rebecca F. Elliott
Azerbaijan last week convened a special meeting of climate diplomats at a remote resort. A Times reporter was there.
By Max Bearak and Nanna Heitmann
In Azerbaijan, the causes and effects of climate change are on vivid display and the painful trade-offs needed to fight it are acutely felt.
By Max Bearak and Nanna Heitmann
Critics say even researching the idea is dangerous.
By David Gelles
Possible contenders to join the Harris ticket include three governors, a senator concerned by extreme heat and drought, and the current Transportation Secretary.
By Austyn Gaffney
Infections, which can cause fever and fatigue, tend to peak in August and September.
By Priyanka Runwal
David Keith wants to spray a pollutant into the sky to block some sunlight. He says the benefits would outweigh the danger.
By David Gelles
The small city where the renowned Dutch cheese is traded is subsiding as sea levels rise. Experts say the industry may not survive there, even with the ingenuity of the country’s water managers.
By Nina Siegal
The new images of the melting underside of an ice shelf could help scientists better forecast how the continent is contributing to rising sea levels.
By Raymond Zhong
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The death toll has steadily risen in Kerala state after heavy rain sent huge mudslides through a scenic area known as a tourist destination.
By Anupreeta Das, Pragati K.B. and Hari Kumar
As part of its crusade against consumerism, an unorthodox New York church urges action to preserve the Earth.
By Cara Buckley
Years of digging pipes and cisterns, and more than $1 billion, were required to make the Seine River clean enough to host the races. Two French athletes won medals.
By Catherine Porter
Wildfires, driven by climate change, have become more intense and frequent, but scientists are still trying to understand larger patterns.
By Manuela Andreoni
Temperatures were expected to reach near 90 degrees on Tuesday, unusually warm for the region. The government issued a health alert for vulnerable groups.
By Derrick Bryson Taylor, Jenny Gross and Isabella Kwai
Energy companies say a labor shortage is one big obstacle to installing more solar power. They’re turning to machines to speed things up.
By Brad Plumer
The blaze, now the fifth-largest in state history, has been fed by exceptionally dry vegetation following more than a month of extreme heat in California.
By Austyn Gaffney and Isabelle Taft
In the carrot-versus-stick debate, fees and fines have dominated the conversation. But some destinations’ new policies aim to reward tourists who behave responsibly.
By Elaine Glusac
There are some important things to know about dealing with stressed plants. For starters, don’t prune them — and don’t fertilize, either.
By Margaret Roach
The brainy machines are predicting global weather patterns with new speed and precision, doing in minutes and seconds what once took hours.
By William J. Broad
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The birds were accidentally poisoned in India. New research on what happened next shows how wildlife collapse can be deadly for people.
By Catrin Einhorn
A multibillion-dollar effort to build the first in a new generation of American nuclear power plants is underway outside a small town in Wyoming.
By Sabrina Tavernise, Brad Plumer, Alex Stern, Diana Nguyen, Sydney Harper, Shannon M. Lin, Lexie Diao, Brendan Klinkenberg, Rowan Niemisto, Pat McCusker and Chris Wood
They can be, but it depends on your driving habits. We break it down for you.
By Jack Ewing
Plug-and-play solar panels are popping up in yards and on balcony railings across Germany, driven by bargain prices and looser regulations.
By Melissa Eddy
After a period of openly using movies to display progressive values, studios seem to be heeding a message from many ticket buyers: Just entertain us.
By Brooks Barnes
A growing cohort of young farmers is experimenting with ways to mitigate the impact of flooding and other extreme weather.
By Jenna Russell
Blazes that generate such stormy conditions can be nearly impossible to put out and pose special dangers to firefighters.
By Austyn Gaffney
The city’s expanded low-emissions zone, which was politically fraught, has cut emissions that contribute to health problems like asthma, new numbers show.
By Somini Sengupta
Your climate change and environment questions answered by Times journalists and experts.
Recommended reading from the Book Review, including titles by Safiya Sinclair, Michael Cunningham, Tasha Sylva and more.
By Shreya Chattopadhyay
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In the Senate, Kamala Harris backed an expansive climate plan. Young activists want her to embrace it again, but so do Republicans.
By Lisa Friedman
Wildfire smoke from the Western United States and Canada is blowing across the Northeast, lowering air quality and endangering vulnerable populations.
By Austyn Gaffney
Twice this week, global temperatures broke records, but scientists are more concerned about a longer-term pattern of hotter weather.
By David Gelles
Online sales appear to be compounding threats from climate change and habitat loss, according to new research.
By Rachel Nuwer
The authorities arrested a man believed to have started the fire north of Sacramento. A second fire in eastern Oregon, affecting more than 268,000 acres, is now the largest in the country.
By Heather Knight, Mike Baker and Amanda Holpuch
Possible contenders to join the Harris ticket include three governors who welcome clean energy and a senator concerned by extreme heat and drought.
By Austyn Gaffney
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